The sun., 1887-05-12

The comptroller OF the currency desig.
mated Chicago as a central reserve city un'
der the recent act OF congress.
Lieut.. Wilcox, accused OF duplicating
pay accounts, and abandoning his post oil
duty without leave, was arraigned in court
martial at Fort Smelling, Capt. s. n.
Groesbeck acting as advocate general. The
accused entered Il plea OF guilty. The trial
was continued Il day to hear the defense,
which will consist mainly OF the previous
good character of Lieut.. Wilcox.
A gentleman who has been in Washing
ton for some days says that he is certain
pointed register to succeed Marble, and
that either c. =. Maginnis OF Morris or p.
H. Rahilly OF Lake City will fill Swans
trom's place in the Duluth land office. Col-
Vile has been indorsed by Mcdonald, Will
son and Rice. and Mcdonald and Rice have
indorsed Maginnis also for receiver. Rahil-
ly was backed by Kelly and Doran for
some other place, and is travelling on these
credentials.
Another new bank has been added to
st. Paul. Hon. Albert Scheffer, for many
years with the Bank OF Minnesota, is pres
iient OF the new bank. which is to be known
as the Commercial National Bank of St.
Paul, and which has q capital stock OF
$500, 900. The location is at the corner
OF Fourth and Jackson.
General Passenger Agent Fee. OF the
Northern Pacific, has returned to st. Paul
from his trip to the coast. He made the
trip over the Cascade division to Tacoma
walking the gap OF about three miles OF the
uncompleted switchback on the western
side of the mountains. He says that part
of the road is one OF the best pieces ever
turned over to the operating department.
by the engineering department OF the
Northern Pacific.
Hon. Gilbert McMicken, just returned to
Winnepeg from Ottawa, says he learnedthere
fro n Sir J ohm cdonald that he (Sir John)
was to be raised to the peerage on June 81.
He will be given a seat in the house oflords,
and will retire permanently from Canadian
politics. Sir Charles Topper, dominion
finance minister, is to succeed him as lead.
er OF the Conservative party. The state.
ment is also made public that Sir John
Rose OF London, formerly a Canadian cab
met minister, is to be raised the peeage al
SO.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, the wife OF
Charles Martin, young farmer, gave rat
poison to her children and took adose
herself. The woman and elder child are
dead. The other child will recover. Mrs.
Martin had lived unhappily with her hus-
band.
The Vermont Central Railway company
find that they will have to pay about ST.
100000 on account OF the Forest Hills
bridge disaster in March.
In Cincinnati the new S5OO,OOO court
house. built to replace the one DESTROYED
by mob three years ago, is already in
process ofdisintegration through the fraud
ulent and grossly imperfect work OF con-
tractors.
Among the letters received by the in
terstate commission was one from II. Z.
Moore, who runs big wooden toothpick
factory at Fond du Lac, Wis. He COM
plains that for Eastern factories wood
toothpicks are rated as from third to fifth
class freight, while if he desires to ship west
he has to ship by way OF Chicago, and his
product is rated first class. He prays for
relief. G.. w. Neff, editor OF the Crystal
Lake (Minn.,) Union writes to ask il it is
really true that editors must give up their
passes. He complains that the Omaha
has called in his annual.
The sixth attempt in six months was
made to burn the office OF the New York
Zeituns. The incendiary has not been dis
covered.
Frank Tully, formerly q prospero Gus
business man OF Rochester N. Y, was ar
rested in New York on a charge OF forgery
preferred by George Leaf, his father in-law.
The prisoner, it is claimed, squandered
$4,000, ruined his father and himself,
committed dozen forgeries or more, de-
serted his wife and three children and as
| sociated with fast women.
Senator Cullom OF ILL.,, in letter to a
| friend in Washington, says he thinks the
| Interstate commerce law will work it's way
out all right. He does not apprehend a
| collapse for it. In the first place, the law
as it passed was not just as he desired it,
| but it was the best that could be done.
| He foresaw that it's defects would become
apparent as soon as it was put in opera
| tion, and this would lead to their correc-
| tion by the time congress meets it will be
well understood what corrections are need
ed, and they will be made. He expects the
| bill ultimately to affect all the good its
friends desired and looked for from it.
| At Helena. Mont, the other day some
twenty commercial travellers formed con
federation, Clipped in $40 each. and then
selected one of their number, j. E. Rhodes,
proceeded to arrest him for infringement ol
| the drummers tax. The case came to tri
al lasted five days, and was finally decid
| ed in favor of the drummer, the judge hold
| ing that the recent decision OF the United
| States supreme court settled the question
conclusively.
At Joint meeting OF coke workers anC
Knights OF Labor at Everson, Pa, it was
dec.ced to Immediately stop work unit
the demand for an advance is granted
The strike will extend to all the works il
Connelsville region. About $4,000 me1
will be affected.
At Dixon, ILL.,, Henry p. Berker, one o
Dixon's most prominent citizens, died O
paralysis. He was for years the leadin,
representative OF the milling interests; ant
had held offices under the city govern
ment.
The Catholic University OF America ha,
been incorporated, the certificate o
incorporation being fled ut the city hall
The university is established ito teacl
philosophy, theology, natural science
mathematics history, belles-lettres, an
cient and modern languages law and midi
cine" 81 3ELA
North Dakota board Of agriculture ha
decided the location Of the first fair in ia
vor of Grand Forks, accepting the guaran
tee OF sc. 600, offered by that city.
! Acting for Bishop Welles, Of Wis, VIII
|; is still in Florida recuperating his healtl
Bishop Brown, of the diocese OF Fond d
Lac. has pronounced sentence of depOs
tion from the ministry upon Rev. w.
Walker, late rector Of st. Matthias churc
at Waukesha, Wis. Mr.. Walkers offens
consisted in going to Milwaukee IL fcl
weeks ago and INDUCING in Il spree.
i Burton, Fla, Special: Thomas A. Ed
son and party OF eight friends had
narrow escape recently from being drown
ed at Kissimmee Spring, two miles frol
here, where they had gone on little pleas
ure excursion. While all were standing 9
a wharf running out into the lake tn
structure gave way, precipitating. all bu
l. sp@< fnR
deep. 38 sss ossss
Tie board OF pardons OF Pennsylvani
recommended pardons in the cases (
Michael O'Brien and Christopher Donnell
OF Schuylkill county known as the last
the "Molly Maguires." Twenty,Qne men
i bers Of the Organization were hanset
, many served terms OF Imprisonment aud
! large number fled the country when tt
, murderous conspiracy was exposed.